News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1085
U.N.'s New Development Goals Must Also Be Measurable for Rich
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) - The United Nations is on the verge of releasing a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - perhaps 17 or more - to replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which will run out by the end of 2015.
U.S., Obama’s Image Remains Positive Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 14 (IPS) - While Republicans and other right-wingers claim that President Barack Obama has inflicted unprecedented damage on Washington's global reputation, a major new global survey suggests that the image of the U.S. remains generally positive.
Proposed Arms Embargo on Syria a Political Mockery
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) - When the 15-member Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, fails to resolve a military conflict, it invariably exercises one of its tried, and mostly failed, options: punish the warring parties by imposing punitive sanctions.
OPINION: Japan Remains Committed to ‘Advancing Vibrant Diplomacy’
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Jul 14 (IPS) - In recent years, Japan has found itself it in a rapidly changing security environment. The global balance of power has shifted and various new threats have emerged within the region, including the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile systems that may soon be capable of delivering them.
Europe and the United States, Allies in Crisis
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Jul 14 (IPS) - A few decades ago, even before the end of the Cold War and before and after Ronald Reagan's election to the White House, analyses regularly referred to U.S. decadence. At other times, it was Europe's turn for pessimistic descriptions, especially when it could not overcome its ambivalence over deepening integration, and above all because of the failure of its constitutional project.
New Palestinian World Heritage Site Under Threat of Defacement
- Inter Press Service
BATTIR, West Bank, Jul 13 (IPS) - The Palestinian village of Battir, just six kilometres southwest of Jerusalem and a similar distance from Bethlehem, is the latest to be trapped in the gap between international recognition and Israel's policies in the West Bank.
New BRICS Monetary Fund May Reproduce Inequalities
- Inter Press Service
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Jul 12 (IPS) - The first common institutions to be set up by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the BRICS – are financial, and have arisen as a result of reforms to an international system that continues to largely ignore the growing influence of emerging countries.
Ever Wondered Why the World is a Mess?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 11 (IPS) - While the Third World War has not been formally declared, conflicts throughout the world are reaching levels unseen since 1944.
Syria’s Chemicals Haunt the Mediterranean
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Jul 11 (IPS) - Scientists and local communities are expressing serious concern about the ongoing destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal on board a vessel in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea.
Pakistan: Where Mothers Are Also Children
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jul 11 (IPS) - If 22-year-old Rashda Naureen could go back six years in time, she would never have agreed to get married at the tender age of 16.
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